Conditionals – 1st and 2nd

what’s the difference between first and
second conditional when can you use them
both when it’s the right time to use
this one or this one
hmm well the short answer first
conditional we use that conditional for
realistic situations when something is
likely to happen it has a strong
possibility of really happening so a
real situation for example in London it
rains a lot so if we talk about the
possibility of rain today then I would
use a first conditional because that
possibility is strong it’s very likely
that it will rain so I use a first
conditional in this form if it rains
today I’ll stay at home the form if with
a present verb rains rains because it
and the result of that condition is in
the future I will or I’m going to both
are okay again I use this because in
London now always rains and the second
conditional we use that to talk about
imaginary hypothetical situations maybe
that situation is not likely to happen
not a good possibility of it happening
or maybe it’s impossible for example if
I imagine that Superman comes here now
that’s not realistic it’s not possible
so I would use a second conditional
sentence if Superman came here now that
sounds a bit strange we’re using a past
verb with now well if with a past verb
that’s talking about imaginary
situations now or in the future so if
Superman came here now I would say hello
hello first of all you’re not real I am
real no you’re not I’m imagining you you
this is in my head I’m going crazy or
something working too hard
yeah probably anyway hello and that’s
why I use second conditional so now you
know the difference first conditional
real situations very likely to
happen second conditional not really
likely to happen imaginary maybe
impossible situations so now you know
the difference you can use them to give
your opinion about some situation for
example this guy wants to ask this girl
to marry him and he looks pretty
optimistic that she is going to say yes
right but this guy his friend he’s not
so optimistic he’s quite pessimistic he
thinks she will say no hmm so they’re
going to say the same thing but giving
their opinion using conditionals he
thinks saying yes is a real possibility
so he’ll use the first conditional if
she says yes I’ll be happy remember he
thinks this is a real situation her
saying yes this guy however mmm she
won’t say yes no but yeah you know in my
imagination if we imagine she says yes I
don’t think she’ll say yes but if she
said yes I’d be happy yeah hmm I don’t
know looking at her face I don’t know is
she going to say yes or no who knows
it’s a mystery so knowing that knowing
the difference try writing your own
first in second conditional sentences in
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